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.:«\*$####                   RAILS                  ####$*\«:.
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.:«\*$#### TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY ####$*\«:.
......:«*# HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH.  THIS PATH IS #*«:......
.:«\*$#### CALLED A  "RAILWAY", WHICH  IS COMPRISED ####$*\«:.
.:«\\\**## OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE  ITS NICKNAME. ##**\\\«:.
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.....:«*## BECAUSE  THE LOW  FRICTION  BETWEEN  THE ##*«:.....
.:«\*$#### WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL  METAL, ####$*\«:.
.:«\*$#### THERE  ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE  A CURVE ####$*\«:.
.:«\*$#### CAN BE,  AND EVEN MORE SO FOR  HOW  MUCH ####$*\«:.
.:«\*$#### THE  GROUND  UNDER  THE  RAILS   CAN  BE ####$*\«:.
....::«*## SLOPED. THUS A  RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ##*«::....
...:\**$## ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH  THEM IN ##$**\:...
.:«\*$#### TUNNELS   (IF   THEY   ARE  LARGE),   OR ####$*\«:.
....:«\\*#            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            #*\\«:....
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.:«\*$#### THERE WILL  BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF  THE ####$*\«:.
.....«\*## RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE,  OR THEY  WILL ##*\«.....
.:«\*$#### BE  CUT DOWN BY  THE  RAILWAY  JANITORS. ####$*\«:.
.:«\*$#### THERE  WILL BE  PLAINS,  AND  BODIES  OF ####$*\«:.
.:«\*$####                  WATER.                  ####$*\«:.
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.....««*## TRAINS  GO BY DAY AND  BY  NIGHT.  ALONG ##*««.....
.:«\*$####      THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION       ####$*\«:.
.:«\*##### SCATTERED,  OFTEN PUT  ON TOP  OF POLES, #####*\«:.
.:«\*$$### TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN  DRIVERS. ###$$*\«:.
...««\\*## DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE ##*\\««...
.:«\*$####         DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.          ####$*\«:.
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.:«\*$#### SOMETIMES, TRAINS  HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ####$*\«:.
.:::«\\$$# FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY.  THIS #$$\\«:::.
.:«\***$## IS  SIGNALED BY  RED  OR  GREEN  LIGHTS. ##$***\«:.
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.:«\*$#### MANY PEOPLE  FOLLOW THE  RAILS  BY FOOT. ####$*\«:.
.:«\\\*$## OFTEN THIS  PROVES  TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ##$*\\\«:.
....::«\$# PATH  BETWEEN TWO POINTS.  HOWEVER  THIS #$\«::....
....««\*## IS  FROWNED  UPON,   AND  VERY  IMPOLITE ##*\««....
......:\$#        TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS!         #$\:......
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